- Alan Olding (2)
- Stashower in Toronto this weekend (2)
- Beeton's to sell May 20
- Holmes in Congressional Record for May 7
- ABBE: The Missing Gem
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 10:40:18 -0500
From: Karen Murdock
Subject: Alan Olding
Some information on our fellow
Hound who just passed beyond
the Reichenbach. I'll miss
him!! But now he is hobnobbing
with some of the great
Sherlockians who went
across the river before him.
~May Blunder
OLDING, ALAN CLEMENT (FEBRUARY 15, 1925-MAY 6, 2008) Prominent
Australian Sherlockian and founder of The Sherlock Holmes Society of
Australia. Olding was born and raised in the seaside resort of
Southend-on-Sea, in Essex, England. He served in the Royal Corps of
Signals during World War II. He and his wife emigrated to Australia
in 1951, where he spent his working career in the insurance industry
before retiring in 1990. Olding's interest in the Sherlock Holmes
stories dated back to his boyhood days. His interest was rekindled
during the late 1960s when he found a copy of William S.
Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes in a bookshop in Melbourne.
During a visit to the UK in 1973, he sought out and joined The
Sherlock Holmes Society of London. He founded The Sherlock Holmes
Society of Australia in January 1978 and edited its quarterly
newsletter, "News From the Diggings." Olding had a number of articles
published in various Sherlockian journals. He was the second Aussie
to be invested in the BSI ("COOEE" 1988). He was an active
participant in The Hounds of the Internet with the nom de plume of
"Holy Peters of Adelaide". Olding was the instigator of one of the
only bottlings ever of Sherlock Holmes wine. In early 1980 he found a
winemaker in the Barossa Valley, the premier wine producing area of
South Australia, by the name of Leon Holmes. Olding persuaded Holmes
and his wife (Leonie) to put up a special bottling of their port to
commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of ACD. Later on they
put up some claret under a 'Dr. Watson' label. Some bottles of this
were consumed, no doubt, but many found their way into the hands of
collectors. (Don't ask; it's no longer available. The Holmeses sold
out to another winemaker, who declined Olding's request to make
further bottlings.)
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 22:06:14 -0400
From: Julia Huggins
Subject: Alan Olding
So sorry to hear of Alan Olding's passing.
His Holmesian-themed "Headlines From The Gutter Press"? posts were a joy (and a challenge) for me.
Good innings Mr Olding,
Julia Huggins
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Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 13:02:16 -0500
From: Karen Murdock
Subject: Stashower in Toronto this weekend
Just a Line, Dearest has Daniel Stashower
discussing the letters of Sherlock Holmes
creator Arthur Conan Doyle, Sat. 3 p.m. (free).
Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St. 416-393-7158.
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 15:52:41 -0400
From: Stephanie Thomas
Subject: Re: Stashower in Toronto this weekend
If any Hounds are in Toronto on Saturday and want to make a day of it, the
Bootmakers of Toronto are having their story meeting (the Crooked Man) at
the Beeton Auditorium of the Toronto Reference Library (same location as
Daniel Stashower's free talk) at 7 p.m. Admission is $12 at the door.
I can send a copy of the notice for the talk or the notice for the
Bootmakers meeting to anyone who is interested. Send your request to me
instead of to the list.
The Triangular Piece of Gold
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Subject: Stashower in Toronto this weekend
Just a Line, Dearest has Daniel Stashower
discussing the letters of Sherlock Holmes
creator Arthur Conan Doyle, Sat. 3 p.m. (free).
Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St. 416-393-7158.
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Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 13:10:07 -0500
From: Karen Murdock
Subject: Beeton's to sell May 20
an item from the
Press Association (England):
May 20
OXFORD: Items gathered by Oxfam shops
across the country to be auctioned by Bonhams in
Oxford on behalf of Oxfam. Star item is Study in Scarlet,
the first Sherlock Holmes story by Conan Doyle
which is estimated to sell for =A37,000 to =A39,000.
~May Blunder (who will not be surprised if it
sells for a lot more than that . . . )
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Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 13:12:24 -0500
From: Karen Murdock
Subject: Holmes in Congressional Record for May 7
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. May I inquire of the Chairman how much
time I have remaining.
The Acting CHAIRMAN. Fifteen seconds for the gentleman from Massachusetts.
Mr. McCOTTER. Madam Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. I have said repeatedly that I did not
oppose the action.
And I am pointing to the hypocrisy on the part of the Bush administration.
The gentleman from New Jersey, like Sherlock Holmes, unearthed the fact
that I wasn't opposed to it. I said that. I think they were forced
into it. So, yes, I did not sign it.
As to not having a hearing right away, that is a done deal. I'm trying
to prevent
foreclosures now, then we will get back to looking in the rearview mirror.
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Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 18:19:37 -0500
From: Don Dillistone
Subject: ABBE: The Missing Gem
I can't remember the first time I noticed it, but when I did, a smile of
appreciation crept across my face. I've read ABBE several times since
and every time I do, I can't help smiling again at the cleverness of the
remark. At the very end, when soliciting Dr. Watson' s feelings about
letting Captain Crocker, Lady Brackenstall and Theresa escape unscathed,
Holmes addresses Watson thusly: "Gentleman of the Jury." You can imagine
my disappointment in my newly-acquired copy of 'The Annotated Sherlock
Holmes," that Baring-Gould missed the whole point entirely. As far as
his readers are concerned, Holmes said "*Gentlemen* of the Jury."
Once again, I ask the List, "Am I missing something?" Did Baring-Gould
take it upon himself to correct phrasing written by Conan Doyle? I
accept that Holmes's expression in ABBE is probably the only time in
English literature that the commonplace "gentlemen of the jury," is
replaced by "gentleman of the jury," but the fact that he did so is a
sign of talent, not a sign of ignorance. The fact that Baring-Gould
thought otherwise makes me happy that I was able to acquire my copy of
his voluminous work two or three weeks ago for only $25 at our Scion's
annual auction sale.
The Hon. Ronald Adair - I locked the door lest the ladies should
surprise me.
AKA Don Dillistone M.Bt.
Winnipeg
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